You are far from a dumdum brother. You offer solid advice and know how to grow. Me = dumdum
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I got the pots elevated like you said, up on a pallet. If I’d have done that in the first place I probably wouldn’t have had half the problems I’ve had
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I bet it will help. I’ve seen quite a few people use a wire rack(like the grate from a bbq) supported on a few bricks or 2x4’s or whatever else you have laying around. The point is whatever works. Cannabis likes well drained airy media. That’s what makes coco cool. unlike soil it holds a lot of air with the water, whereas soil holds a lot of water then as it dries is sucks in air to replace the water. To simplify the concept, This way soil goes through a wet dry cycle with an ideal mix of air and water in the middle, but coco maintains that balance all the time when watered properly, and it’s actually very tough to over water coco. I once screwed up the timers on my irrigation and pumped 50 gal through 6 plants. It made a huge mess in my grow room, but the plants were fine the next day. Your mix may differ some since that was 60% well washed coco and 40% perlite, but I think it still illustrates one of the key differences between coco and soil. Soil also has a lot of benefits too. straight peat is somewhere in the middle.
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If you use liquid plant fertilizer in coconut coir, use it at full strength. You can use it at half strength but cannabis plants are greedy feeders and can use lots of nutrients. If you only want to give it half strength, monitor the plant for spots or pale green/ yellow leaves. If you see that you need to increase the amount of fertilizer.
Yes. When you flush the plant you use straight tap water and just water the entire pot until water is readily flowing out the bottom. Then wait a couple of minutes to let all the water drain out. Then water with some liquid fertilizer until it flows out the bottom. You don’t have to have huge amounts of fertilizer water flowing out the bottom but you want the liquid to come out the bottom. That way you help to wash out any nutrients that haven’t been used from the last lot of fertilizer. The idea is to flush out any excess unused fertilizer and replace it with fresh fertilizer water so you don’t overdose.
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I hear what you’re saying and all makes sense. I’m just a little leary since I’m pretty sure I over fertilized. Trying a slightly lighter strength with a little molasses in and see how that works. If it tolerates it I’ll go full strength next time I feed
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